Topic: XboxOne ~News/Rumor/Speculation~ Biggest Console Released This Gen!!

[shingi_70]

I just changed the screen on a Lumia 520, it's a piece of crap.

Well the 520 is the biggest example of entry level.

[toddra]

NO MICROSOFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(apart from computers )

Kid, stop trolling.
 
Anyways, I've been reading a lot of good press about the Xbox One lately, now that all their backwards DRM policies are gone.
 
Project Spark looks to be the Kinect's first real killer app that has tons of potential for creative people (like me).
 
I'll wait for the Xbox One to drop to $300 (or less), because $500 is way too much for a game system. Obviously Microsoft didn't learn from Sony's pricing error back when the PS3 launched. And does no one remember the utter failure that was the 3DO?
 
The PS4's $400 price is still expensive, but it's a bit more palpable than $500.
 
 

The 3DO was different, it was priced at $700 dollars in 1993, that would be over a thousand dollars in today's money or damn near close to it. Also 3DO didn't have enough real support and far too many problems to get into here.  Microsoft isn't copying the PS3, the 360 launched at a $500 price point, people forget that because PS3 was even higher so they just think 360 had it made in the shade by being so cheap when in fact it wasn't exactly flying off shelves in it's first year either.

[shingi_70]

Wouldn't 3DO be more of an example of why steambox isn't feasible.

Looks like the LA studio has more than the Halo series in the works. Rumor is that Microsoft is going to fund/develop reboot of Blake's 7.

Microsoft added a Here's the facts section on the Xbox One page offering bullet points with a few being straight up bullshit.

Games

The most awarded exclusives: 100 awards for exclusive games at E3 vs. 42 for PS4
The best Xbox platform exclusives: Halo, Titanfall, Dead Rising 3, Ryse: Son of Rome, Forza Motorsport 5, Sunset Overdrive1
First to get all Call of Duty: Ghosts downloadable content
First to get the Battlefield 4 Second Assault premium expansion pack
Our most precise, comfortable controller, with 40 innovations including Impulse Triggers2
Cinematic Realism, with gameplay that rivals a Hollywood blockbuster
Adaptive AI that learns to play like you and your friends2
Living Games that grow and evolve to bring you new challenges over time2
Buy, trade, loan, gift or sell any game disc, or purchase digitally and play within minutes
Suspend gameplay instantly and then resume right where you left off
Game and system updates can happen in the background
Controller auto-pairing, even when you hand it to a friend during a game

Multiplayer

Better matchmaking: Smart Match finds you the right match and gives you more control
No jerks: extensive new reputation system helps keep annoying players out of your games
No waiting in lobbies: keep playing, watching TV or surfing the web while matches are set up
A service you can count on: 300,000 servers and more than a decade of experience in online multiplayer
Cloud-hosted games get a boost in performance and neutralize host advantage
Home Gold: anyone in your home can access most Xbox Live Gold benefits on your Xbox One, including multiplayer3
Capture your greatest game moments with Game DVR, and add your own creative touch with Upload Studio3
All new Achievements system with time-based, cross-game and community Challenges

Future

Xbox One
Xbox One is built for the digital age using the latest technology and the power of the cloud
Thanks to the power of the cloud, Xbox One keeps getting better, so it grows with you over time
Kinect's voice and motion control make new game experiences possible
Use your Windows, iOS or Android tablet or phone to extend and control what’s playing on your Xbox One5
Sign in to any Xbox One to get your Home screen, digital games, content, profile and saves
The all new Kinect is at your command, with a 1080p HD camera, more precise motion tracking and a noise-isolating mic array
Imagine what game developers can do with the new Kinect
Turn on your Xbox One and TV with the sound of your voice, and then be signed in automatically
Controller, Kinect and Xbox SmartGlass technologies unlock new possibilities for developers so they can bring you more innovative games

A few other tidbits.

-Xbox Live Gold syncs across one and 360
-No cross platform chat between one/360 due the One's chat being based upon Skype.

[shingi_70]

Xbox Live Marketplace is dead long live Xbox Games Store.

Microsoft is rebranding the Xbox Live Marketplace as the Xbox Games Store ahead of the launch of its new console. The marketplace was originally a general-purpose store for the Xbox 360, offering games, videos, and other types of content. That's now all been separated out between the new Games Store and the existing Xbox Video Store and Xbox Music Store, making the name change more of a clarification than a newfound change of direction. Microsoft made the same change for the Windows Phone Marketplace about a year ago, leaving the term "marketplace" behind in favor of "store," which has become increasingly pervasive across the company's properties

Warface from Crytek is coming to the 360 next year as a free to Gold game.

[toddra]

wasn't live just their failed rebranding of MSN?

[shingi_70]

Maybe. I know after Xbox Live blew up they put the live branding on a few other things that didn't pan out.

Twisted Pixel reconfirmed Lococycle for Xbox One launch at $19.99.

Ken Lobb already confirmed the second season of characters for Killer instinct for next year (surprised that Double Helix or Microsoft haven't hired Max yet)

Crytek announced their free to play shooter Warface is coming to 360.

Halo 4 GOTY edition is coming out this year.

The Halo World championships this sunday night will be streamed on Twitch and Xbox Live. The version of Xbox live and smartglass will be intractable allowing users to vote for what new trailers they want to see.
   

[nickmitch]

I think I liked the use of "market place". It feels like both parties in the transaction coming to a mutual space, whereas a "store" is somewhere I go to buy things. People are already there to sell sell me ****, I just showed up.

[shingi_70]

watching the Halo World championship on twitch and having Megaran rapping over a halo soundtrack track is cringe worthy.




Red Vs Blue is always good even though I haven't watched any of the main series stuff and only stick to the shorts.


esports is eports is esports. Kind of wish MLG still did Halo.

[shingi_70]

-So the free character for Killer Instinct is switched out according to an interview at the Halo event.


Also I hate the xbox live community. They're letting users vote on which trailers to watch and these guys pick Battlefield 4 instead of Titanfall.

[Oblivion]

lol cod with mechs

[shingi_70]

But have you seen it. Next year is the year of the "insert game here" with mechs.


Final Match of the Halo GC ended in a tie and they're readying the tie-breaker match. This has been a pretty good tournament starting in July and this was the first production by Xbox Live La and its been really great. Makes me want to go play some Halo.


I think if Microsoft is able to do small scale tournaments while having bigger ones each season they could revive Halo as a competitive game, and do the same for Forza and Killer Instinct.


Proably do a beta tournament for Halo 5 to hype the multiplayer up.

[Oblivion]

Of course I've seen it. I'm not living under I rock; I can google something and/or look it up on youtube. And I stand by what I said: Call of Duty with mechs.


I don't see any other next gen game with mechs like you say. Destiny, B4, CoD:G, etc all have their thing but Titanfall is an Infinity Ward game with mechs.

[shingi_70]

Of course I've seen it. I'm not living under I rock; I can google something and/or look it up on youtube. And I stand by what I said: Call of Duty with mechs.


I don't see any other next gen game with mechs like you say. Destiny, B4, CoD:G, etc all have their thing but Titanfall is an Infinity Ward game with mechs.

Brah Have you seen Titanfall is a meme. I was joking.

[BranDonk Kong]

Is Xbone the next Phantom? Battlefield 4 on Xbox during PAX Prime...still running on a PC.

http://www.behindgames.com/big-disappointment-battlefield-4-running-pc-xbox-one-controller-pax-prime/

[shingi_70]

A few games were on the xboxne with others on actual hardware. I'm not suprised since a E3 EA/MS showed off battlefield running on PC with Xbone controllers.


Tagently related but Microsoft just bought Nokia giving them an internal hardware manufactur (and killing whatever surface phone was out). Makes sense as Nokia had been the driving force between windows phone and invested a lot in Microsoft's ecosystem.


Will be weird seeing two differnt tablet brands from one company now.

Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation today announced that the Boards of Directors for both companies have decided to enter into a transaction whereby Microsoft will purchase substantially all of Nokia's Devices & Services business, license Nokia's patents, and license and use Nokia's mapping services.[/size]Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will pay EUR 3.79 billion to purchase substantially all of Nokia's Devices & Services business, and EUR 1.65 billion to license Nokia's patents, for a total transaction price of EUR 5.44 billion in cash. Microsoft will draw upon its overseas cash resources to fund the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to approval by Nokia's shareholders, regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.Building on the partnership with Nokia announced in February 2011 and the increasing success of Nokia's Lumia smartphones, Microsoft aims to accelerate the growth of its share and profit in mobile devices through faster innovation, increased synergies, and unified branding and marketing. For Nokia, this transaction is expected to be significantly accretive to earnings, strengthen its financial position, and provide a solid basis for future investment in its continuing businesses."It's a bold step into the future - a win-win for employees, shareholders and consumers of both companies. Bringing these great teams together will accelerate Microsoft's share and profits in phones, and strengthen the overall opportunities for both Microsoft and our partners across our entire family of devices and services," said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive officer. "In addition to their innovation and strength in phones at all price points, Nokia brings proven capability and talent in critical areas such as hardware design and engineering, supply chain and manufacturing management, and hardware sales, marketing and distribution.""We are excited and honored to be bringing Nokia's incredible people, technologies and assets into our Microsoft family. Given our long partnership with Nokia and the many key Nokia leaders that are joining Microsoft, we anticipate a smooth transition and great execution," Ballmer said. "With ongoing share growth and the synergies across marketing, branding and advertising, we expect this acquisition to be accretive to our adjusted earnings per share starting in FY15, and we see significant long-term revenue and profit opportunities for our shareholders.""For Nokia, this is an important moment of reinvention and from a position of financial strength, we can build our next chapter," said Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman of the Nokia Board of Directors and, following today's announcement, Nokia Interim CEO. "After a thorough assessment of how to maximize shareholder value, including consideration of a variety of alternatives, we believe this transaction is the best path forward for Nokia and its shareholders. Additionally, the deal offers future opportunities for many Nokia employees as part of a company with the strategy, financial resources and determination to succeed in the mobile space.""Building on our successful partnership, we can now bring together the best of Microsoft's software engineering with the best of Nokia's product engineering, award-winning design, and global sales, marketing and manufacturing," said Stephen Elop, who following today's announcement is stepping aside as Nokia President and CEO to become Nokia Executive Vice President of Devices & Services. "With this combination of talented people, we have the opportunity to accelerate the current momentum and cutting-edge innovation of both our smart devices and mobile phone products."Nokia has outlined its expected focus upon the closing of the transaction in a separate press release published today.TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTUnder the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will acquire substantially all of Nokia's Devices and Services business, including the Mobile Phones and Smart Devices business units as well as an industry-leading design team, operations including all Nokia Devices & Services-related production facilities, Devices & Services-related sales and marketing activities, and related support functions. At closing, approximately 32,000 people are expected to transfer to Microsoft, including 4,700 people in Finland and 18,300 employees directly involved in manufacturing, assembly and packaging of products worldwide. The operations that are planned to be transferred to Microsoft generated an estimated EUR 14.9 billion, or almost 50 percent of Nokia's net sales for the full year 2012.Microsoft is acquiring Nokia's Smart Devices business unit, including the Lumia brand and products. Lumia handsets have won numerous awards and have grown in sales in each of the last three quarters, with sales reaching 7.4 million units in the second quarter of 2013.As part of the transaction, Nokia is assigning to Microsoft its long-term patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm, as well as other licensing agreements.Microsoft is also acquiring Nokia's Mobile Phones business unit, which serves hundreds of millions of customers worldwide, and had sales of 53.7 million units in the second quarter of 2013. Microsoft will acquire the Asha brand and will license the Nokia brand for use with current Nokia mobile phone products. Nokia will continue to own and manage the Nokia brand. This element provides Microsoft with the opportunity to extend its service offerings to a far wider group around the world while allowing Nokia's mobile phones to serve as an on-ramp to Windows Phone.Nokia will retain its patent portfolio and will grant Microsoft a 10-year non-exclusive license to its patents at the time of the closing. Microsoft will grant Nokia reciprocal rights to use Microsoft patents in its HERE services. In addition, Nokia will grant Microsoft an option to extend this mutual patent agreement in perpetuity.In addition, Microsoft will become a strategic licensee of the HERE platform, and will separately pay Nokia for a four-year license.Microsoft will also immediately make available to Nokia EUR 1.5 billion of financing in the form of three EUR 500 million tranches of convertible notes that Microsoft would fund from overseas resources. If Nokia decides to draw down on this financing option, Nokia would pay back these notes to Microsoft from the proceeds of the deal upon closing. The financing is not conditional on the transaction closing.Microsoft also announced that it has selected Finland as the home for a new data center that will serve Microsoft consumers in Europe. The company said it would invest more than a quarter-billion dollars in capital and operation of the new data center over the next few years, with the potential for further expansion over time.NOKIA LEADERSHIP CHANGESNokia expects that Stephen Elop, Jo Harlow, Juha Putkiranta, Timo Toikkanen, and Chris Weber would transfer to Microsoft at the anticipated closing of the transaction. Nokia has outlined these changes in more detail in a separate release issued today.[/color]

[/size]Its probably the push the windows phone team needs as the two intergrates, [/color][/size][/font]

[Ceric]

A few games were on the xboxne with others on actual hardware. I'm not suprised since a E3 EA/MS showed off battlefield running on PC with Xbone controllers.


Tagently related but Microsoft just bought Nokia giving them an internal hardware manufactur (and killing whatever surface phone was out). Makes sense as Nokia had been the driving force between windows phone and invested a lot in Microsoft's ecosystem.


Will be weird seeing two differnt tablet brands from one company now.

Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation today announced that the Boards of Directors for both companies have decided to enter into a transaction whereby Microsoft will purchase substantially all of Nokia's Devices & Services business, license Nokia's patents, and license and use Nokia's mapping services. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will pay EUR 3.79 billion to purchase substantially all of Nokia's Devices & Services business, and EUR 1.65 billion to license Nokia's patents, for a total transaction price of EUR 5.44 billion in cash. Microsoft will draw upon its overseas cash resources to fund the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to approval by Nokia's shareholders, regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.Building on the partnership with Nokia announced in February 2011 and the increasing success of Nokia's Lumia smartphones, Microsoft aims to accelerate the growth of its share and profit in mobile devices through faster innovation, increased synergies, and unified branding and marketing. For Nokia, this transaction is expected to be significantly accretive to earnings, strengthen its financial position, and provide a solid basis for future investment in its continuing businesses."It's a bold step into the future - a win-win for employees, shareholders and consumers of both companies. Bringing these great teams together will accelerate Microsoft's share and profits in phones, and strengthen the overall opportunities for both Microsoft and our partners across our entire family of devices and services," said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive officer. "In addition to their innovation and strength in phones at all price points, Nokia brings proven capability and talent in critical areas such as hardware design and engineering, supply chain and manufacturing management, and hardware sales, marketing and distribution.""We are excited and honored to be bringing Nokia's incredible people, technologies and assets into our Microsoft family. Given our long partnership with Nokia and the many key Nokia leaders that are joining Microsoft, we anticipate a smooth transition and great execution," Ballmer said. "With ongoing share growth and the synergies across marketing, branding and advertising, we expect this acquisition to be accretive to our adjusted earnings per share starting in FY15, and we see significant long-term revenue and profit opportunities for our shareholders.""For Nokia, this is an important moment of reinvention and from a position of financial strength, we can build our next chapter," said Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman of the Nokia Board of Directors and, following today's announcement, Nokia Interim CEO. "After a thorough assessment of how to maximize shareholder value, including consideration of a variety of alternatives, we believe this transaction is the best path forward for Nokia and its shareholders. Additionally, the deal offers future opportunities for many Nokia employees as part of a company with the strategy, financial resources and determination to succeed in the mobile space.""Building on our successful partnership, we can now bring together the best of Microsoft's software engineering with the best of Nokia's product engineering, award-winning design, and global sales, marketing and manufacturing," said Stephen Elop, who following today's announcement is stepping aside as Nokia President and CEO to become Nokia Executive Vice President of Devices & Services. "With this combination of talented people, we have the opportunity to accelerate the current momentum and cutting-edge innovation of both our smart devices and mobile phone products."Nokia has outlined its expected focus upon the closing of the transaction in a separate press release published today.TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTUnder the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will acquire substantially all of Nokia's Devices and Services business, including the Mobile Phones and Smart Devices business units as well as an industry-leading design team, operations including all Nokia Devices & Services-related production facilities, Devices & Services-related sales and marketing activities, and related support functions. At closing, approximately 32,000 people are expected to transfer to Microsoft, including 4,700 people in Finland and 18,300 employees directly involved in manufacturing, assembly and packaging of products worldwide. The operations that are planned to be transferred to Microsoft generated an estimated EUR 14.9 billion, or almost 50 percent of Nokia's net sales for the full year 2012.Microsoft is acquiring Nokia's Smart Devices business unit, including the Lumia brand and products. Lumia handsets have won numerous awards and have grown in sales in each of the last three quarters, with sales reaching 7.4 million units in the second quarter of 2013.As part of the transaction, Nokia is assigning to Microsoft its long-term patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm, as well as other licensing agreements.Microsoft is also acquiring Nokia's Mobile Phones business unit, which serves hundreds of millions of customers worldwide, and had sales of 53.7 million units in the second quarter of 2013. Microsoft will acquire the Asha brand and will license the Nokia brand for use with current Nokia mobile phone products. Nokia will continue to own and manage the Nokia brand. This element provides Microsoft with the opportunity to extend its service offerings to a far wider group around the world while allowing Nokia's mobile phones to serve as an on-ramp to Windows Phone.Nokia will retain its patent portfolio and will grant Microsoft a 10-year non-exclusive license to its patents at the time of the closing. Microsoft will grant Nokia reciprocal rights to use Microsoft patents in its HERE services. In addition, Nokia will grant Microsoft an option to extend this mutual patent agreement in perpetuity.In addition, Microsoft will become a strategic licensee of the HERE platform, and will separately pay Nokia for a four-year license.Microsoft will also immediately make available to Nokia EUR 1.5 billion of financing in the form of three EUR 500 million tranches of convertible notes that Microsoft would fund from overseas resources. If Nokia decides to draw down on this financing option, Nokia would pay back these notes to Microsoft from the proceeds of the deal upon closing. The financing is not conditional on the transaction closing.Microsoft also announced that it has selected Finland as the home for a new data center that will serve Microsoft consumers in Europe. The company said it would invest more than a quarter-billion dollars in capital and operation of the new data center over the next few years, with the potential for further expansion over time.NOKIA LEADERSHIP CHANGESNokia expects that Stephen Elop, Jo Harlow, Juha Putkiranta, Timo Toikkanen, and Chris Weber would transfer to Microsoft at the anticipated closing of the transaction. Nokia has outlined these changes in more detail in a separate release issued today.

Its probably the push the windows phone team needs as the two intergrates,

[Ceric]

A few games were on the xboxne with others on actual hardware. I'm not suprised since a E3 EA/MS showed off battlefield running on PC with Xbone controllers.


Tagently related but Microsoft just bought Nokia giving them an internal hardware manufactur (and killing whatever surface phone was out). Makes sense as Nokia had been the driving force between windows phone and invested a lot in Microsoft's ecosystem.


Will be weird seeing two differnt tablet brands from one company now.

Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation today announced that the Boards of Directors for both companies have decided to enter into a transaction whereby Microsoft will purchase substantially all of Nokia's Devices & Services business, license Nokia's patents, and license and use Nokia's mapping services. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will pay EUR 3.79 billion to purchase substantially all of Nokia's Devices & Services business, and EUR 1.65 billion to license Nokia's patents, for a total transaction price of EUR 5.44 billion in cash. Microsoft will draw upon its overseas cash resources to fund the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to approval by Nokia's shareholders, regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.Building on the partnership with Nokia announced in February 2011 and the increasing success of Nokia's Lumia smartphones, Microsoft aims to accelerate the growth of its share and profit in mobile devices through faster innovation, increased synergies, and unified branding and marketing. For Nokia, this transaction is expected to be significantly accretive to earnings, strengthen its financial position, and provide a solid basis for future investment in its continuing businesses."It's a bold step into the future - a win-win for employees, shareholders and consumers of both companies. Bringing these great teams together will accelerate Microsoft's share and profits in phones, and strengthen the overall opportunities for both Microsoft and our partners across our entire family of devices and services," said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive officer. "In addition to their innovation and strength in phones at all price points, Nokia brings proven capability and talent in critical areas such as hardware design and engineering, supply chain and manufacturing management, and hardware sales, marketing and distribution.""We are excited and honored to be bringing Nokia's incredible people, technologies and assets into our Microsoft family. Given our long partnership with Nokia and the many key Nokia leaders that are joining Microsoft, we anticipate a smooth transition and great execution," Ballmer said. "With ongoing share growth and the synergies across marketing, branding and advertising, we expect this acquisition to be accretive to our adjusted earnings per share starting in FY15, and we see significant long-term revenue and profit opportunities for our shareholders.""For Nokia, this is an important moment of reinvention and from a position of financial strength, we can build our next chapter," said Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman of the Nokia Board of Directors and, following today's announcement, Nokia Interim CEO. "After a thorough assessment of how to maximize shareholder value, including consideration of a variety of alternatives, we believe this transaction is the best path forward for Nokia and its shareholders. Additionally, the deal offers future opportunities for many Nokia employees as part of a company with the strategy, financial resources and determination to succeed in the mobile space.""Building on our successful partnership, we can now bring together the best of Microsoft's software engineering with the best of Nokia's product engineering, award-winning design, and global sales, marketing and manufacturing," said Stephen Elop, who following today's announcement is stepping aside as Nokia President and CEO to become Nokia Executive Vice President of Devices & Services. "With this combination of talented people, we have the opportunity to accelerate the current momentum and cutting-edge innovation of both our smart devices and mobile phone products."Nokia has outlined its expected focus upon the closing of the transaction in a separate press release published today.TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTUnder the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will acquire substantially all of Nokia's Devices and Services business, including the Mobile Phones and Smart Devices business units as well as an industry-leading design team, operations including all Nokia Devices & Services-related production facilities, Devices & Services-related sales and marketing activities, and related support functions. At closing, approximately 32,000 people are expected to transfer to Microsoft, including 4,700 people in Finland and 18,300 employees directly involved in manufacturing, assembly and packaging of products worldwide. The operations that are planned to be transferred to Microsoft generated an estimated EUR 14.9 billion, or almost 50 percent of Nokia's net sales for the full year 2012.Microsoft is acquiring Nokia's Smart Devices business unit, including the Lumia brand and products. Lumia handsets have won numerous awards and have grown in sales in each of the last three quarters, with sales reaching 7.4 million units in the second quarter of 2013.As part of the transaction, Nokia is assigning to Microsoft its long-term patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm, as well as other licensing agreements.Microsoft is also acquiring Nokia's Mobile Phones business unit, which serves hundreds of millions of customers worldwide, and had sales of 53.7 million units in the second quarter of 2013. Microsoft will acquire the Asha brand and will license the Nokia brand for use with current Nokia mobile phone products. Nokia will continue to own and manage the Nokia brand. This element provides Microsoft with the opportunity to extend its service offerings to a far wider group around the world while allowing Nokia's mobile phones to serve as an on-ramp to Windows Phone.Nokia will retain its patent portfolio and will grant Microsoft a 10-year non-exclusive license to its patents at the time of the closing. Microsoft will grant Nokia reciprocal rights to use Microsoft patents in its HERE services. In addition, Nokia will grant Microsoft an option to extend this mutual patent agreement in perpetuity.In addition, Microsoft will become a strategic licensee of the HERE platform, and will separately pay Nokia for a four-year license.Microsoft will also immediately make available to Nokia EUR 1.5 billion of financing in the form of three EUR 500 million tranches of convertible notes that Microsoft would fund from overseas resources. If Nokia decides to draw down on this financing option, Nokia would pay back these notes to Microsoft from the proceeds of the deal upon closing. The financing is not conditional on the transaction closing.Microsoft also announced that it has selected Finland as the home for a new data center that will serve Microsoft consumers in Europe. The company said it would invest more than a quarter-billion dollars in capital and operation of the new data center over the next few years, with the potential for further expansion over time.NOKIA LEADERSHIP CHANGESNokia expects that Stephen Elop, Jo Harlow, Juha Putkiranta, Timo Toikkanen, and Chris Weber would transfer to Microsoft at the anticipated closing of the transaction. Nokia has outlined these changes in more detail in a separate release issued today.

Its probably the push the windows phone team needs as the two intergrates,

Soooo Wondering what the time to NGage X is ...

[shingi_70]

Microsoft detailed a few of the sports apps for Xbox one.

NFL

Tailored for you, the NFL on Xbox One will deliver the best of the NFL, in a way that will completely reimagine the way you experience football from the comfort of your home.  Only Xbox One can bring interactivity to live games, stats, scores, highlights and your NFL.com Fantasy Football team all together on the best screen in the house – your TV. Xbox One will personalize your NFL experience, for your team, with the best content the NFL has to offer including NFL.com, NFL Network, and NFL RedZone.  Whether you’re watching the game or not, Xbox One makes it easy to keep tabs on the league with Snap mode. You can watch live TV, play games, or watch movies, while simultaneously tracking your NFL.com Fantasy Football team, or checking in for the latest scores and stats. 

While you’re watching at home, Surface technology is in the stadium, on the sidelines to help protect your favorite players.  Teams and trainers will implement use of the X2 concussion testing application this season to quickly diagnose potential player concussions immediately after leaving the playing field with the help of Surface tablets, helping quickly determine if they can get back in the game or call it a day.

ESPN

We are also excited to announce ESPN on Xbox One, which builds on our innovations with ESPN on Xbox 360, and provides you with the best of ESPN networks and web content personalized just for you.  Featuring deeper sports content personalization, ESPN on Xbox One gives you immediate access to the teams and sports you care about most.  With WatchESPN, ESPN.com, and ESPN3 video content, you get the best highlights, live events and on-demand sports in full screen mode.  Additionally, you will receive personalized scores and stats in Snap mode from the most popular sports.

The NFL one is kind of useless if you don't have cable. You'd think they'd start opening up for say $100 a year.

The NFL fantasy app is out on 360 today and it has what looks like the first ad for

[pokepal148]

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/03/xbox-one-external-storage-not-supported-at-launch-says-major-ne/

[shingi_70]

That sucks for the media heavy guys, but 500GB should be enough for games and if you aren't using an app (Xbox Video, Amazon, Vudu) the system supports both DLNA and Micracast.

Microsoft is having a a back to school sale on Live with a lot of good looking deals. While not as good as steam or PS+ Microsoft has came a long way when it comes to sales. (getting rid of funny money helps a lot)

Gold deal of the week
Call of Duty: Classic- $10.04
Call of Duty 2-$14.99
Call of Duty 3-$14.99
Call of Duty World at War- $14.99
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare -$14.99
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2- $19.99
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3- $29.99
Call of Duty: Black Ops-$29.99
Call of Duty: Black Ops II-$39.99

Back to School


Awesomenauts - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
Beyond Good & Evil - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
Blacklight: Tango Down - 2.50$ (200msp) (was 5$)
Castlevania: HoD - 3.74$ (300msp) (was 15$)
Castlevania: SOTN - 2.50$ (200msp) (was 10$)
Dungeon Defenders - 7.50$ (600msp) (was 15$)
From Dust - 7.50$ (600msp) (was 15$)
Hard Corps: Uprising - 3.75$ (300msp) (was 15$) Buy the game after playing the demo for bonus in-game credit
Hydro Thunder Hurricane - 7.50$ (600msp) (was 15$)

I Am Alive - 7.50$ (600msp) (was 15$)
Jeremy McGrath's Offroad - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
Karateka - 2.50$ (200msp) (was 5$)
Mercury Hg - 2.50$ (200msp) (was 5$)
--Heavy Elements - 1.50$ (120msp) (was 3$)
--Rare Earth Elements - 1.50$ (120msp) (was 3$)
Monaco: What's Yours is Mine - 7.50$ (600msp) (was 15$)
Motocross Madness - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
Perfect Dark - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
Puzzle Quest 1 - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
Quarrel - 2.50$ (200msp) (was 5$)
Rayman 3 HD - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
Rocket Knight - 3.74$ (300msp) (was 15$)
Sacred Citadel - 7.50$ (600msp) (was 15$)
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
Serious Sam Double D XXL - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
Swarm - 2.50$ (200msp) (was 5$)
Toy Soldiers: Cold War - 7.50$ (600msp) (was 15$)

Angry Birds Trilogy - 20$ (1600msp) (was 40$)

Ass Creed 3 - 30$ (2400msp) (was 40$)
--The Betrayal - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
--The Infamy - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
--The Redemption - 4$ (320msp) (was 8$)

Dead Space 3
--Awakened - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)
--Tau Volantis Survival Kit - 7.50$ (600msp) (was 15$)

FIFA Soccer 13 - 30$ (2400msp) (was 60$)

Forza Horizon
--Season Pass - 37.50$ (3000msp) (was 50$)

GRID - 12$ (960msp) (was 20$)

Mass Effect 3
--Leviathan - 5$ (400msp) (was 10$)

Naughty Bear - 7.50$ (600msp) (was 15$)

Skyrim - 20$ (1600msp) (was 30$)
--Dawnguard - 10$ (800msp) (was 20$)
--Dragonborn - 10$ (800msp) (was 20$)
--Hearthfire - 2.50$ (200msp) (was 5$)

Sleeping Dogs - 15$ (1200msp) (was 25$)

Tomb Raider
--1939 Multiplayer Map Pack - 2$ (160msp) (was 4$)
--Caves and Cliffs Multiplayer Map Pack - 2.50$ (200msp) (was 5$)

Wipeout 3 - 25$ (2000msp) (was 50$)

[nickmitch]

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/03/xbox-one-external-storage-not-supported-at-launch-says-major-ne/

This is making think they're rushing the damn thing. At least it comes with a 500 GB HDD.

[shingi_70]

This thing is obviously being rushed at this point. Its going to launch with quite a few feature but will still need to patch things through. For reference sony won't be supporting external drives at all.

[tendoboy1984]

This thing is obviously being rushed at this point. Its going to launch with quite a few feature but will still need to patch things through. For reference sony won't be supporting external drives at all.

Where did you hear that? How are we supposed to back up our data if the console ends up breaking?
 
Even Nintendo lets Wii U users back up data to an external HDD.

[pokepal148]

not to mention they have to devote resources to cleaning up the always online and kinect mess on the system.

[shingi_70]

Think Yoshida said it on his twitter account.
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You back up through cloud.

Xbox One production has just went into full swing and the CPU has been upclocked as well.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/03/xbox-one-production-cpu-boost/